Effects of improved water supply and sanitation on ascariasis, diarrhoea, dracunculiasis, hookworm infection, schistosomiasis, and trachoma.

By S. Esrey, J. Potash, L. Roberts, C. Shiff. 1991

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

Citations in the corpus

Distinguishing Cause from Effect Using Observational Data: Methods and Benchmarks (2014, background): “Clean drinking water is a primary requirement for health, in particular for infants (Esrey et al., 1991).”
Burden of disease from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene in low- and middle-income settings: a retrospective analysis of data from 145 countries (2014, background): “The health risks from inadequate WASH have been documented previously (Esrey et al. 1991; Fewtrell et al. 2005; Waddington et al. 2009).”
Domestic Water Quantity, Service Level and Health (2003, background): “Most of the studies cited in the above-mentioned reviews as providing evidence of the greater importance of quantity actually provided measures of accessibility, with the assumption that increased accessibility equates to increased volumes of water used (Esrey et al., 1991).”
Providing Safe Water: Evidence from Randomized Evaluations (2010, background): “In the 1980's and 1990's, non-randomized studies were frequently cited as evidence that water quantity was more important for health impacts than water quality (Esrey 1996, Esrey et al. 1991).”
The global status of schistosomiasis and its control (2000, background): “There is also need for other social sector investments to give alternatives to the population for avoiding use of infested water and contamination of the environment (Esrey et al., 1991; Kloetzel, 1992).”
Sanitation and Health (2010, unknown): “oping countries [2,3].”
Happiness on Tap: Piped Water Adoption in Urban Morocco (2011, unknown): “There was, however, a large increase in the quantity of water consumed, which some have argued could be as important for health as water quality (Esrey et al. 1991).”
The Impact of Piped Water Provision on Infant Mortality in Brazil: A Quantile Panel Data Approach (2010, unknown): “Use of pit latrines, while not as effective as the sewage network, is correlated with some declines in morbidity (Esrey et al, 1991).”
Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2014, background): “A seminal review by Esrey and colleagues found few investigations that evaluated the association between WASH and STH infection [25].”
Distinguishing Cause from Effect Using Observational Data: Methods and Benchmarks (2014, background): “Clean drinking water is a primary requirement for health, in particular for infants (Esrey et al., 1991).”
How Potent Is Economic Growth in Reducing Undernutrition? What Are the Pathways of Impact? New Cross‐Country Evidence* (2002, background): “Elements of a health environment include the availability of safe water, sanitation, health care, and environmental safety, including adequate shelter.(10) We test the hypothesis that national income growth affects child nutrition by facilitating investment in all three of the underlying determinant”